文人

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (文人)		文	人
anagram		人文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénrén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-ngìn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bûn-lîn / bûn-jîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ ring⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnrén
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-jên²
  - Yale: wén-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenren
  - Palladius: вэньжэнь (vɛnʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    聞人 / 闻人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: màhn yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun² ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunliin
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ zin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhung⁵ ring⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng jîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

文人

scholar; intellectual; man of letters

Synonyms

人士 (rénshì) (literary)
儒生 (rúshēng) (literary)
士人 (shìrén) (literary)
學人 / 学人 (xuérén)
學士 / 学士 (xuéshì)
學者 / 学者 (xuézhě)
文人墨客 (wénrénmòkè)
文士 (wénshì)
書生 / 书生 (shūshēng)
知識人 / 知识人
知識分子 / 知识分子
秀才 (xiùcái)
讀冊人 / 读册人 (Hokkien)
讀書人 / 读书人 (dúshūrén)
讀書家 / 读书家 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
騷人 / 骚人 (sāorén)
騷人墨客 / 骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè)
騷客 / 骚客 (sāokè)
墨客 (mòkè)

See also

(not to be confused with) 人文 (rénwén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	人
ぶん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
文	人
ふみ Grade: 1	ひと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)人(じん) • (bunjin)

intellectual

Proper noun

文(ふみ)人(ひと) • (Fumihito)

a male given name